Clearwater blasted for plans to close King Center in North Greenwood
By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 CLEARWATER — Since the mid 1970s, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on Douglas Avenue has been an anchor for the North...
View ArticleAfter years of struggle, Oldsmar water plant breaks ground
By Rodney Thrash, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 OLDSMAR — At times, city officials thought they'd never see the mound of dirt, the shovels, the hard hats.The road to Friday's...
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Replacing Ironman World Championship 70.3 raises questions for Clearwater
By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 Participants in the Ironman World Championship 70.3 charge into the Gulf of Mexico south of Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach. CLEARWATER —...
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'Big Max' sculpture to move to St. Petersburg's Straub Park
By Jared Leone, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 American sculptor John Henry created his red-painted steel work, Big Max, around the time his grandson, Max, was born. TAMPA — Big Max is...
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Adding Rays stadium to Hillsborough transit tax plan not popular with voters,...
By Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 A new St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll shows that plans for a new Rays stadium in Tampa wouldn’t make voters more likely to pass the...
View ArticleTimes poll: Transit tax favored by slight majority of Hillsborough voters
By Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 TAMPA — A slight majority of voters like the idea of a 1 cent sales tax to pay for light rail and other transportation improvements in...
View ArticleHernando schools, teachers closer on agreement to cover health insurance...
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — The Hernando School District and the local teachers union are one step closer to an agreement on how to cover an increase in...
View ArticleTampa General Hospital plans to build rehab complex downtown
By Letitia Stein, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 TAMPA — Tampa General Hospital plans a $100 million rehabilitation complex at the entrance to downtown Tampa on Kennedy Boulevard.The...
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Hernando Christian Academy celebrates its 30th anniversary
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 From left, Ciara Grethals, 12, Kimberly Birdsell, 12, Kasey Springer, 12, and Katherine Moore, 11, work on designing movie posters for one...
View ArticleReligion calendar
Times staff Friday, October 8, 2010 African Methodist EpiscopalSt. James AME Church, 1436 S Madison Ave., Clearwater. Call (727) 442-2336.Mount Moriah AME Church, 722 S Disston Ave., Tarpon Springs....
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Wesley Chapel church offers relief for stressed-out Tampa Bay area
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 Pastor Scott Lindner softly plays the keyboard while his wife, Su Lindner, reads a guided meditation at Atonement Lutheran Church on Wednesday....
View ArticleTwo men accused of breaking into dead man's home
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 HUDSON — Brian Brohel and Robert Eckes were either watching over their friend's house, protecting it from burglars — or, as authorities...
View ArticleDeputies say man dug up, sold light posts
Times staff Friday, October 8, 2010 HUDSONDeputies say man dug up, sold light postsMore than $90,000 in decorative streetlights from the new Bella Terra equestrian community were stolen and sold for...
View ArticleIn a 20-year reversal, Florida police union endorses a Democrat for governor
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 TAMPA — In a series of campaign ads released this week, three Tampa police officers voice their support for Alex Sink. It's the...
View ArticleLeaders credit anticrime program for improvement in University area
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 8, 2010 TAMPA — On Monday, bay area leaders will gather in Tampa to glean community-improvement strategies from a pilot program in the...
View ArticleAuthorities release name of victim in Hernando fatality
By Mike Konrad, Times Staff Writer Saturday, October 9, 2010 SPRING HILL — Authorities have identified 62-year-old Iren Pivarcsi of Spring Hill as the woman who died Friday afternoon in a...
View ArticlePedestrian hit by car, killed, in Ruskin
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Saturday, October 9, 2010 RUSKIN — A 55-year-old pedestrian died Friday night after he was hit by a pick-up truck on College Avenue.Just before 10:45 p.m., Scott...
View ArticleShootings in Pinellas leave one person injured
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, October 9, 2010 LEALMAN – Authorities are investigating two Friday night shootings that left one person injured.The first, in the area of 54th Avenue N...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man accused of raping woman
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, October 9, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG - Police arrested a man they say assaulted a female acquaintance Friday afternoon.Orm Moth, 56, of 672 60th St. S faces a...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man accused of raping woman
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, October 9, 2010 ST. PETERSBURGMan jailed in assault on female friendPolice arrested a man they say assaulted an 80-year-old female acquaintance...
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